Objective To evaluate the time to return to playing following acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) and surgical repair in professional male football (soccer) players. Methods Professional male football (soccer) players who sustained an ATR and underwent surgical repair were identified through internet-based injury reports from January 2008 to August 2018. Only League 1 and 2 players with injuries who had at least 1 year of follow-up from the search date were included. Injury history and time to return to play were retrieved from the public platform transfermarkt.com. For athletes who competed for at least two seasons after returning to play, re-ruptures and number of matches played were reported. Results 118 athletes (mean age 27.2±7.2 years) were included. 113 (96%) returned to unrestricted practice after a mean of 199±53 days, with faster recovery in players involved in national teams. Return to competition was after a mean of 274±114 days. In the 76 athletes with at least two seasons of follow-up, 14 (18%) did not compete at the pre-injury level during the two seasons following the index injury. Six players (8%) sustained a re-rupture within the first two seasons after return to play; four re-ruptures were in footballers who returned to play <180 days after injury. Age >30 years and re-ruptures had higher odds ratios of not returning to the same level of play. Conclusions 96% of professional male football players who underwent surgery to repair an ATR returned to unrestricted practice and then competition after an average time of 7 and 9 months, respectively. However, 18% did not return to the same level of play within the two seasons following their return, with a higher risk in those experiencing a re-rupture.

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82% 的男性职业足球（足球）运动员在接受手术修复的跟腱断裂后的两个赛季中恢复了之前的水平

目的评估职业男子足球（足球）运动员在急性跟腱断裂（ATR）和手术修复后恢复比赛的时间。方法 从 2008 年 1 月至 2018 年 8 月，通过基于互联网的伤病报告确定患有 ATR 并接受手术修复的职业男足球（足球）运动员。搜索日期包括在内。伤病史和重返比赛时间是从公共平台 transfermarkt.com 检索到的。对于在重返赛场后至少参加两个赛季的运动员，报告了再次中断和比赛次数。结果共纳入118名运动员（平均年龄27.2±7.2岁）。113 (96%) 人在平均 199±53 天后恢复了不受限制的练习，参加国家队的球员恢复更快。在平均 274±114 天后重返比赛。在至少有两个赛季随访的 76 名运动员中，有 14 名 (18%) 在指数受伤后的两个赛季中没有参加伤前水平的比赛。六名球员（8%）在重返赛场后的前两个赛季内再次破裂；受伤后 180 天以内重返赛场的足球运动员有四次再次破裂。年龄 > 30 岁和再次破裂有更高的几率无法恢复到相同的比赛水平。结论 96% 接受手术修复 ATR 的职业男足球运动员在平均时间分别为 7 个月和 9 个月后恢复了无限制训练和比赛。然而，18% 的球员在回归后的两个赛季内没有恢复到相同的水平，